Garden Coach Program

Garden Coach Program

Sometimes all your garden needs is a little one-on-one coaching...

Rutgers Landscape & Nursery’s Garden Coach program offers an experienced set of eyes to help you find your garden’s potential. The Garden Coach is able to advise you on-site, one-on-one and can show you how to deal with most garden tasks.

The Garden Coach can provide help with:

Plant identification(What is that tree anyway?)

Plant selection for your specific circumstances(What can I plant in that wet area?)

Guidance on plant placement and bed preparation(That lilac really wants to be in full sun...)

Step by step instruction on planting a vegetable or herb garden(Your soil has lots of clay. You’ll want to amend it with…)

Problem solving(Why is my pine tree turning brown?)

How and why to correctly prune and deadhead(Oops — don’t prune those rhodies in the Fall!)

Pest and disease analysis (Is this a good bug?)

Fertilizing advice(Should I compost?)

Developing a maintenance calendar (Here’s what you need to be doing while the plants are dormant…)